順手牽羊

Chinese

		easily; without trouble; without any extra effort easily; without trouble; without any extra effort; while one is at it; in passing; at one's own convenience	lead along	caprid
trad. (順手牽羊)		順手	牽	羊
simp. (顺手牵羊)		顺手	牵	羊
Literally: “to lead away a goat in passing”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shùnshǒuqiānyáng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄢㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁶ sau² hin¹ joeng⁴
Min Nan (POJ): sūn-chhiú-khan-iûⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shùnshǒuqiānyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄢㄧㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennshoouchianyang
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon⁶ sau² hin¹ joeng⁴
  - Yale: seuhn sáu hīn yèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁶ sau² hin¹ joeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên⁶ seo² hin¹ yêng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵn²² sɐu̯³⁵ hiːn⁵⁵ jœ̽ːŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-chhiú-khan-iûⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sūn-tshiú-khan-iûnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxnchiw'qan'viuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sun²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰan³³ iũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² iũ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sun³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²³/

Idiom

順手牽羊

(figuratively) to steal something under the cover of an emergency; to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain

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